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MINUTES OF BOARD OF EQUALIZATION AND REVIEW FOR THE YEAR 1968
THE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CONVENED AND SAT AS A COUNTY BOARD OF
EQUALIZATION AND REVIEW FOR THE FIRST MEETING OF 1968 ON MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1968
AT 10 :00 A. M. IN THE COURTHOUSE AZ LILLINGTON, N. C. ALL COMMISSIONERS WERE
PRESENT. THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY M. H. BROCK, CHAIRMAN OF THE
BOARD. BEFORE ENTERING UPON THEIR DUTIES ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SUBSCRIBED
TO THE FOLLOWING OATH AND FILED SAME WITH THE CLERK OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS:
rrI DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY
DISCHARGE MY DUTIES AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION AND REVIEW OF
HARNETT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, ANL' THAT I WILL NOT ALLOW MY ACTIONS AS A
MEMBER OF SAID BOARD TO BE INFLUENCED BY A PERSONAL POLITICAL FRIENDSHIP OR
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APRIL 22, 1968
THE FOLLOWING TOWNSHIPS WERE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN BEFORE THE
EQUALIZATION BOARD AND BE HEARD: AVERASBORO, BLACK RIVER, BUCKHORN, DUKE,
GROVE, HECTOR'S CREEK, NEIL'S CREEK.
LOFTON L. TART APPEARED BEFORE THE BOARD ON 1 LOT E. BROAD STREET 105 X
164 VALUED AT $7088. AFTER PROPERTY WAS REVIEWED THE PROPERTY WAS REDUCED TO
$6379.
DR. GERALD 0. JAMES APPEARED BEFORE THE BOARD ON IMPROVEMENT MADE TO
RESIDENCE AT LAKESHORE DR. & WESTBROOK AVE. HE WAS NOTIFIED OF A VALUE OF
$2646. AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN $1141. HE WAS SATISFIED OF THE VALUE OF $1141.
REBETH P. MITCHELL APPEARED BEFORE THE BOARD ON BUILDINGS VALUED $689.
LOCATED ON THE 19 ACRES TRACT IN GROVE TOWNSHIP. THE BOARD VOTED NO CHANGE.
THE EQUALIZATION BOARD RECESSED AFTER AMPLE TIME WAS GIVEN FOR TAXPAYERS
WHOSE VALUES HAD BEEN DISTURBED TO APPEAR BEFORE THE BOARD.
MAY 8, 1968
THE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CONVENED AS A BOARD OF EQUALIZATION
AND REVIEW FOR THE SECOND MEETING FOR 1968. ALL COMMISSIONERS WERE PRESENT.
THE FOLLOWING TOWNSHIPS WERE GIVEN THE PRIVILEDGE OF APPEARING BEFORE THE
EQUALIZATION BOARD: BARBECUE, ANDERSON CREEK, LILLINGTON, JOHNSONVILLE,
UPPER LITTLE RIVER AND STEWART'S CREEK.
FRED T. TAYLOR APPEARED BEFORE THE BOARD ON HOUSE LOCATED ON 550 ACRE
TRACT IN ANDERSON CREEK TOWNSHIP VALUED $55,482. AT 50% COMPLETED AS OF
JANUARY 1, 1968. HE WAS NOT CONTESTING THE VALUE ON THE HOUSE, BUT DID NOT
FEEL THAT HE SHOULD PAY ANY TAX ON THE HOUSE BEFORE IT WAS COMPLETED. THE
BOARD MADE NO CHANGE.
MR. HOLDING APPEARED BEFORE THE BOARD IN BEHALF OF FIRST - CITIZENS BANK
(I TRUST COMPANY ON 11 ACRE TRACT KNOWN AS NORWOOD BRICK COMPANY, LILLINGTON
TOWNSHIP ON BUILDINGS VALUED $291,347. DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE BOILERS WERE
DAMAGED AND AT THE LAST REVALUATION THE BUILDINGS DUE TO SIMILAR PROPERTY IN
THE COUNTY WAS MANIFESTLY UNJUST AT THE TIME SO ASSESSED. BUILDINGS WERE
REDUCED TO $191,347. ON MOTION BY MR. MCLAMB AND SECOND BY MR. WOMBLE.
FREDERICK T. SHERWOOD APPEARED BEFORE THE BOARD BY LETTER ON ONE BARN
AND SHED LOCATED ON THE 550 ACRE TRACT JOHNSONVILLE TOWNSHIP. VALUED AT $216.
THE BOARD MADE NO CHANGE.
THE EQUALIZATION BOARD RECESSED AFTER AMPLE TIME WAS GIVEN FOR TAXPAYERS
WHOSE VALUES HAD BEEN DISTURBED TO APPEAR BEFORE THE BOARD.
MAY 13, 1968
THE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CONVENED AS A BOARD OF EQUALIZATION
AND REVIEW FOR THEIR THIRD AND FINAL MEETING FOR THE YEAR 1968. ALL MEMBERS
WERE PRESENT. D
MR. ALSEY
LOCATEDN ON APPEARED
SMITH %1B CO. LAND IN BEHALF OF
TOWNSHIP VALUED
INC. ON GR AT THE LAST REVALUATION THE PROPERTY WAS MANIFESTLY
X17,302. DUE TO THE FACT
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UNJUST AT THE TIME SO ASSESSED DUE TO SIMILAR PROPERTY IN THE COUNTY. GRAINERY
REDUCED TO $12,000.
MR. E. E. GODWIN APPEARED BEFORE THE BOARD IN BEHALF OF THE GODWIN -TYLER
FARMS ON BUILDINGS LOCATED ON 1 40/100 ACRE TRACT VALUED AT $20,669. THE
BOARD VOTED NO CHANGE.
MR. GARLAND WHITTINGTON APPEARED BEFORE THE BOARD AT THE FIRST MEETING
ON STORAGE AND GARAGE 22x36 LOCATED ON RAILROAD STREET, COATS, N. C. VALUED
$1155. THE BOARD VOTED NO CHANGE.
THE EQUALIZATION BOARD ADJOURNED.
THOMAS ALLEN, CLERK TO THE
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION AND
REVIEW
MAY 13, 1968
THE HARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MET IN A CALL SESSION ON
MAY 13, 1968 AT THE HARNETT COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN LILLINGTON, N. C. PRESENT
FOR THIS MEETING WERE: CHAIRMAN M. H. BROCK, COMMISSIONERS W. J. COTTON, JR.,
J. E. WOMBLE, C. E. MCLAMB, GILBERT BROWN AND CLERK TO THE BOARD, H. D. CARSON,
JR.
COMMISSIONER J. E. WOMBLE MADE THE MOTION, SECONDED BY GILBERT BROWN,
AND UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED, THAT MRS. VELMA S. EDWARDS BE RETAINED IN HER OFFICE
AS ASSISTANT REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR THE COMING FISCAL YEAR 1968 -69. CHAIRMAN
BROCK INSTRUCTED THE COUNTY AUDITOR TO WRITE A LETTER TO THE N. C. RETIREMENT
SYSTEM REQUESTING THEIR GRANTING THE APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST ALSO.
MEETING ADJOURNED.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
MAY 27, 1968
THE HARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MET IN A SPECIAL SESSION AT
THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, LILLINGTON, N. C. ON MONDAY, MAY 27, 1968, AT 7:30 P.M.
ATTENDED AS FOLLOWS: M. H. BROCK, CHAIRMAN, COMMISSIONERS W. J. COTTON, JR.,
J. E. WOMBLE, GILBERT BROWN, C. E. MCLAMB, H. D. CARSON, JR., COUNTY AUDITOR
AND CLERK TO THE BOARD, WILEY F. BOWEN, COUNTY ATTORNEY. THE MEETING WAS
CALLED TO ORDER BY MR. BROCK, WHO PRESIDED.
ITEM 1. MR. CASEY FOWLER, CHAIRMAN OF THE HARNETT COUNTY PLANNING BOARD
AND MR. HOWARD ATKINS APPEARED BEFORE THE BOARD TO REQUEST AN APPROPRIATION
OF $5,000.00 IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR FOR THE PURPOSE OF HAVING A FEASIBILITY
STUDY MADE OF THE CAPE FEAR RIVER AREA. MR. MOORE, OF MOORE, GARDNER AND
ASSOCIATES, EXPLAINED THE MEANING AND PURPOSE OF A FEASIBILITY STUDY. HE
STATED THAT THIS PROJECT WOULD NOT BE FINANCED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
FUNDS FOR THIS STUDY WOULD HAVE TO BE PROVIDED BY THE COUNTY.
ITEM 2. THE MENTAL HEALTH BUDGET WAS PRESENTED BY DR. MAYBERRY. DR.
MAYBERRY DISCUSSED THE BUDGET IN DETAIL AND TOLD THE BOARD OF THE DIFFICULTY
IN HIRING OR OBTAINING QUALIFIED PERSONNEL. H. D. CARSON, JR., COUNTY AUDITOR,
STATED THAT THE SALARY WHICH WAS SET UP FOR MRS. PEGGY W. HOPE WAS THE HIGHEST
STEP ALLOWED BY THE STATE PERSONNEL PAY PLAN UNDER THIS CLASSIFICATION. HE
ALSO ADVISED THE BOARD THAT SEVERAL OF THE SALARIES WERE NOT ACCORDING TO THE
SAID PAY PLAN. THE CORRECT CLASSIFICATION AND PAY WAS TO BE STRAIGHTENED OUT
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. �.t 7
ITEM 3. UPON MOTION of MR. J. E. WOMBLE AND SECONDED BY MR. W. J. COTTON,
I JR., BE IT RESOLVED:
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